| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | operational | operational | mandatory | Laboratory Analysis General Requirements | agricultural water, wastewater | The person operating a laboratory at which an analysis is performed for the purposes of this Regulation shall ensure that the following requirements are complied with. For each parameter in Column 1 of Table 2, the Matrix (Column 2), Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) (Column 3) and Acceptable Reference Methods (Column 4) opposite the parameter applies. | When an analysis is performed for the purposes of this Regulation. | high |
| #Q002 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Equivalent Analytical Methods Usage and Data Possession | agricultural water, wastewater | Despite the above paragraph, analytical methods that are the equivalent to the acceptable reference methods may also be used. An analytical method is equivalent if the laboratory possesses data that confirms the method produces equivalent test results, including method detection limits (MDLs) equal to or lower than the Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) in Table 2. | If analytical methods equivalent to the acceptable reference methods are used. | high |
| #Q003 | monitoring | operational | guidance | MDL Calculation and Quality Control Guidance | agricultural water, wastewater | Guidance for calculating the laboratory MDL, quality control practices and method principles is available in the Sampling and Analysis Protocol for Ontario Regulation 267/03 Made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002. | high | |
| #Q004 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Registration Prerequisite - Water Body Report | other | A person who proposes to engage in an activity prescribed by section 2 shall not register the activity in the Registry until the following conditions are met, as applicable: 1. The person proposing to engage in the activity has received a copy of a water body report that is prepared by a person who meets the qualifications set out in subsection (2) and includes the information and statements set out in subsection (3). | Applicable to highway or transit projects proposing water taking prescribed by section 2. | high |
| #Q005 | operational | operational | mandatory | Stream Flow Rate Limit for Water Taking | aquatic life | If the water body from which the water is to be taken is a permanent stream, i. the instantaneous rate of water taking from the water body shall not exceed 5 per cent of the stream flow rate at the point of the water taking | Applies when taking water from a permanent stream for highway or transit projects. | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Water Taking Reporting | other | On or before March 31 in each year, the person engaging in the activity shall provide the Director with a report, in a form and manner approved by the Director, setting out the volume of water taken daily with respect to each water body from which water was taken in the previous calendar year. | Annual requirement for registered highway, transit, construction dewatering, or pumping test projects. | high |
| #Q007 | prohibition | aesthetic | mandatory | Prohibition of Petroleum Sheen in Discharge | wastewater, aquatic life | With respect to any ground water or storm water, or both, that is discharged into the natural environment or a storm sewer, there shall be no visible petroleum hydrocarbon film or sheen present. | Applies to discharges from construction site dewatering or pumping tests. | high |
| #Q008 | treatment | operational | mandatory | Discharge Turbidity Limit | wastewater, aquatic life | With respect to any ground water or storm water, or both, that is discharged into the natural environment or a storm sewer that is within 30 metres of a water body, turbidity of the discharge shall not exceed eight Nephelometric Turbidity Units above the background levels of the receiving water body. | Applies when discharge is into a storm sewer or environment within 30m of a water body. | high |
| #Q009 | operational | operational | mandatory | Spill Response Equipment Availability | other | Spill clean-up and containment equipment that is designed to contain or absorb oil, fuel and lubricant shall be available at the site of the water taking for the period during which the taking of water occurs. | Applies to water taking for highway or transit projects. | high |
| #Q010 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Environmental Complaint Reporting | other | If the person receives a complaint with respect to the taking of water and the complaint relates to the natural environment, the Ministry shall be notified of the complaint immediately after the complaint is received. | Upon receipt of a complaint relating to the natural environment. | high |
| #Q011 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Water Taking Log Maintenance | other | A log shall be maintained at the location of the water taking that sets out, with respect to each day water is taken from the water body, i. the date, ii. the name of the water body, iii. the location of each water taking, iv. the average rate at which water was taken in litres per second, v. if the water body is a stream, the flow rate of the stream as calculated under subparagraph 1 ii, vi. the total volume of water taken in litres, and vii. any additional information required by the water body report. | Daily during water taking activities for highway or transit projects. | high |
| #Q012 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Record Retention Period | other | A person who engages in an activity prescribed by section 2 shall ensure that each of the following documents or records is retained for a period of five years from the day it is required to be created or from the last day it is updated, as the case may be: 1. A copy of each water body report. 2. If a methodology other than the methodology set out in the water body report is used, a copy of that methodology. 3. Each log referred to in paragraph 4 of subsection 4.1 (1). 4. A record of complaint information. | Post-activity records management. | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Municipal and Conservation Authority Notification (>365 days) | other | If the taking of water is intended to continue for more than 365 days from the proposed start date of the water taking, the person proposing to engage in the activity shall give written notice that includes the information set out in subsection (2) to, i. the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities or the single-tier municipality, as the case may be, within whose area of jurisdiction the proposed water taking is located, and ii. any conservation authority within whose area of jurisdiction the proposed water taking is located. | Water taking intended to continue for more than 365 days. | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Registry Notice of Completion | other | If the taking of water is no longer needed, within 30 days after the day the person has ceased to engage in the activity they shall give notice to the Ministry that the water taking is complete by filing that information in the Registry. | When the water taking activity is no longer needed. | high |
| #Q015 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Construction Dewatering Registration Prerequisites | wastewater | A person who proposes to engage in an activity prescribed by section 7 shall not register the activity in the Registry until the person proposing to engage in the activity, (a) has received a copy of a water taking report that is prepared by a person who meets the qualifications set out in subsection (2) and includes the information set out in subsection (4); and (b) has received a copy of a discharge report that is prepared by a person who meets the qualifications set out in subsection (3) and includes the information and statements set out in subsection (5). | Proposed registration of construction site dewatering activities. | high |
| #Q016 | operational | operational | mandatory | Control Measure Maintenance and Material Recovery | aquatic life | Any erosion, flooding, scouring, sediment and total suspended solids control measures identified in the discharge report shall be used, operated and maintained in a manner that satisfies the recommendations of the manufacturer of the control measures or as directed in the discharge report if no such recommendations exist. All control measures referred to in paragraph 7 and all materials collected or trapped by those measures shall be recovered and disposed of when the person is no longer engaging in the activity. | During and after construction dewatering activities where control measures are used. | high |
| #Q017 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Pumping Test Design Report Prerequisite | other | A person who proposes to engage in an activity prescribed by section 12 shall not register the activity in the Registry until the person proposing to engage in the activity has received a copy of the pumping test design report that is prepared by a person who meets the qualifications set out in subsection (2) and includes the information set out in subsection (3). | Proposed registration of water taking for pumping tests. | high |
| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Limit Type | Limit Value | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #P001 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Cadmium (Cd) | other | requirement | 1 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P002 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Chromium (Cr) | other | requirement | 12 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P003 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Cobalt (Co) | other | requirement | 2.5 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P004 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Copper (Cu) | other | requirement | 10 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P005 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Lead (Pb) | other | requirement | 10 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P006 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Molybdenum (Mo) | other | requirement | 2.5 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P007 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Nickel (Ni) | other | requirement | 5.0 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P008 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Zinc (Zn) | other | requirement | 25 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P009 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals: Mercury (Hg) | other | requirement | 0.05 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P010 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Hydride Metals): Arsenic (As) | other | requirement | 1.4 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P011 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Hydride Metals): Selenium (Se) | other | requirement | 1 µg/g | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: Soil | high |
| #P012 | physical | reporting | mandatory | Total Solids | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 50 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P013 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Ammonia + Ammonium Nitrogen | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.01 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P014 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Nitrate + Nitrite Nitrogen | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.04 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P015 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Cadmium (Cd) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.003 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P016 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Chromium (Cr) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.2 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P017 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Cobalt (Co) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.03 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P018 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Copper (Cu) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.10 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P019 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Lead (Pb) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.015 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P020 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Molybdenum (Mo) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.005 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P021 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Nickel (Ni) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.01 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P022 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Trace Metals): Zinc (Zn) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.5 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P023 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals: Mercury (Hg) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.5 µg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P024 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Hydride Metals): Arsenic (As) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.01 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P025 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Regulated Metals (Hydride Metals): Selenium (Se) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.005 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P026 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Additional Elements: Boron (B) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.05 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P027 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Additional Elements: Sodium (Na) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.5 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P028 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Additional Elements: Potassium (K) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.05 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P029 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Additional Elements: Phosphorus (P) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.1 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF | high |
| #P030 | chemical | reporting | mandatory | Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | 0.05 mg/L | Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) for laboratory analysis | Matrix: GNF/liquid ASM mixtures only | high |
| #P031 | design | operational | mandatory | Lake Surface Area Threshold for Prescribed Taking | other | requirement | > 10 hectares | Criteria for water body being a lake for prescribed highway/transit project activity | Highway or transit project | high |
| #P032 | operational | operational | mandatory | Daily Water Taking Threshold (Highway/Transit) | other | requirement | > 50,000 litres | Minimum volume of water taken on at least one day for activity to be prescribed | Highway or transit project | high |
| #P033 | operational | operational | mandatory | Maximum Instantaneous Stream Taking Rate | other | requirement | <= 5 % | Percentage of the stream flow rate at the point of water taking | Permanent stream source; highway or transit project | high |
| #P034 | operational | operational | mandatory | Daily Ground/Storm Water Taking Threshold (Construction) | other | requirement | > 50,000 litres | Total ground water, storm water, or combination for construction dewatering | Construction site dewatering | high |
| #P035 | physical | operational | mandatory | Discharge Turbidity Limit | other | requirement | <= 8 NTU | Nephelometric Turbidity Units above background levels of the receiving water body | Discharge to natural environment or storm sewer within 30m of a water body | high |
| #P036 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pumping Test Minimum Daily Volume | other | requirement | > 50,000 litres | Minimum daily taking for prescribed pumping test activity | Pumping test from a well | high |
| #P037 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pumping Test Maximum Daily Volume | other | requirement | <= 5,000,000 litres | Maximum daily taking for activity to remain under EASR registration | Pumping test from a well | high |
| #P038 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pumping Test Duration Limit | other | requirement | <= 7 days | Total days of water taking within a 30-day window | Pumping test from a well | high |
| #P039 | design | operational | mandatory | Stream Order Threshold | other | requirement | >= 3 order | Criteria for permanent stream water taking in highway or transit projects | Permanent stream source | high |
| #P040 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Record Retention Period | other | requirement | 5 years | Retention period for logs, water body reports, and complaint records | high | |
| #P041 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Impacted User Notification Lead Time | other | requirement | >= 48 hours | Lead time for written notice to other water users who may be impacted | Prior to commencement of initial taking or pumping test | high |
| #P042 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Long-term Activity Notice Threshold | other | requirement | > 365 days | Duration of taking triggering written notice to municipalities and conservation authorities | high | |
| #P043 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Activity Completion or Update Window | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Period within which the person must update reports or notify the Ministry of activity completion | high | |
| #P044 | physical | operational | mandatory | Turbidity Proximity Threshold | other | requirement | <= 30 metres | Proximity to a water body that triggers specific turbidity limits (8 NTU) for discharge | Discharge to natural environment or storm sewer | high |
| #P045 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Long-term Activity Update Threshold | other | requirement | 10 years | Threshold for water taking duration requiring an update to the water body report information. | Applies when water taking continues from the day it began | high |
| #P046 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pumping Test Temporal Window | other | requirement | 30 days | The observation period within which the 7 days of pumping test water taking must be contained. | Prescribed activity for pumping tests from a well | high |
| #P047 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Hearing Request Period | other | requirement | 15 days | Time window during which an applicant can require a hearing following a permit refusal, during which certain ground water taking exemptions apply. | Reference to subsection 100 (4) of the Ontario Water Resources Act | high |
| #P048 | operational | operational | mandatory | Standard Day Duration Definition | other | requirement | 24 hours | Definition of a day for the purpose of water taking calculations | Pumping tests Part IV | high |
| #P049 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Construction Site Dewatering Long-term Notice | other | requirement | > 365 days | Threshold for providing written notice to municipalities and conservation authorities for construction dewatering | Applies when taking is intended to continue for more than 365 days | high |
| #P050 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Pumping Test Impacted User Notification Lead Time | other | requirement | >= 48 hours | Lead time for written notice to potentially impacted water users before a pumping test | Pumping tests Part IV | high |
| #P051 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Construction Site Activity Completion Filing | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Period to notify Ministry via Registry that water taking is complete | Construction site dewatering | high |
| #P052 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Pumping Test Activity Completion Filing | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Period to notify Ministry via Registry that water taking is complete | Pumping tests Part IV | high |
| #P053 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Record Retention (Construction Site Dewatering) | other | requirement | 5 years | Retention period for dewatering activity logs, average taking rates, daily volumes, precipitation records, and monitoring plan data | Construction site dewatering (Part III) | high |
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | equivalent analytical method | An analytical method is equivalent if the laboratory possesses data that confirms the method produces equivalent test results, including method detection limits (MDLs) equal to or lower than the Reporting Detection Limit (RDL) in Table 2. | high | |
| #D002 | Reporting Detection Limit | RDL | high | |
| #D003 | method detection limits | MDLs | high | |
| #D004 | APHA/AWWA/WEF | American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environmental Federation "Standard Methods" | high | |
| #D005 | ICP-OES | Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry | high | |
| #D006 | OMAFRA | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs | high | |
| #D007 | µg | micrograms | high | |
| #D008 | g | gram | high | |
| #D009 | MOECC | Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | high | |
| #D010 | USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | high | |
| #D011 | GNF | greenhouse nutrient feedwater | high | |
| #D012 | mg | milligrams | high | |
| #D013 | L | litre | high | |
| #D014 | APHA | American Public Health Association | high | |
| #D015 | AOAC | Association of Official Analytical Collaboration | high | |
| #D016 | ASM | agricultural source material | high | |
| #D017 | RDL | Reporting Detection Limit | high | |
| #D018 | MDL | method detection limits | high |